iwn and hostap

[Patrick Lahni]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>wrote:

> Just make sure you run -HEAD.
>
>
> Adrian
>
> On 27 June 2011 06:22, cykotix <cyko at cykotix.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 26 June 2011 23:26, Patrick Lahni <list at cykotix.com> wrote:
> >> > Adhoc is supported.  According to iwn(4):
> >> >
> >> > iwn supports station, adhoc, and monitor mode operation.
> >> >
> >> > I wasn't sure if that means, just for now?  Or is hostap not planned
> for
> >> > these cards supported by iwn?
> >>
> >> The card runs closed-source firmware which we can't get to the insides
> >> of. I don't know the exact details, but there may be some features
> >> which we can't really get to in order to support proper hostap modes.
> >>
> >>
> >> adrian
> >
> >
> > Makes sense.  Hopefully I'll have better luck with a AR9280 instead.
> Thanks
> > for the input.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
>

I realize this is off topic now, but can I run -HEAD until this is MFC'd and
move back to -STABLE at that point?  Or is that not really recommended.

Patrick